Sorry I haven 't posted in a while.
I've been super busy. Enjoy this post!
Thanks for reading!
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| Ice skating with two of my buddies. |
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| Broom Hockey. (I'm in green) |
From January 31 to February 2 I went on
a trip to a winter camp with my church's youth group. Hume Lake Christian Camps, is located in the southern area of
the Sierrra Nevada Range. This was my second time going with the
youth group. About 17 middle schoolers went and of those two accepted
Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Your prayers would be coveted for
all the youth, that they would not stray from the Lord due to their
home life, pressure at school, etc.
Among my favorite activities at
Hume were ice skating, tubing, broom-hockey, and the “Boxsled
Blitz”. The “Boxsled Blitz” is a competition between the
churches that go up there. The rules are that you have to make a sled
out of ONLY cardboard and duct tape. Then, when the tube run is iced
over at about ten at night, two to ten people get in the sled and go
down the hill and over a jump directly in front of the judges. This
year our youth group made by far the most beautiful sled; it was a red and black
locomotive complete with a bell and smokestack. We probably won
creativity wise but, being the first sled down the hill, we only hit
about eighteen mph and I think that judges were giving out lower scores at
first, saving the better scores for if there was a better sled. :(
Also, Hume has another tournament called broom-hockey, which is very
similar to hockey. That was a lot of fun to participate in although
we didn't win. I went ice skating twice and taught two people to ice
skate. For not being on the ice in almost a year I feel I did fairly
well. :P
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| The speaker was very funny. |
Another of my favorite parts was
chapel. There are two chapel sessions every day where there is a live
band and speaker. This year the band was “For All Seasons,”
formerly “Reveal”. The speaker was very funny. At one point he
duct-taped a kid to his back to demonstrate carrying unnecessary
burdens. He also told a lot of stories. The theme this year was
“bear” fruit. If you're not bearing fruit then maybe you aren't
connected to Jesus, the vine. They talked a lot about being grafted
into the vine and such.
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| The band leader, Emily. |
Even with all the awesome activities,
chapel was my favorite part. I love the worship and the atmosphere
where you don't feel ashamed to lift your hands in worship. I can't
wait for next year's trip!!!
